Detroit turns into a miserable city

Detroit turns into a miserable city

It's a doom in Detroit with the state declaring a financial emergency. With the downfall of the American auto industry, a prosperous Detroit has lost its glory.

The city's General Fund had a deficit of more than $250 million. Detroit's 2012 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report notes that the city has $644 million in unfunded pension obligations. A large number of factories have shut down and the city has lost around 60 per cent of its population.

Take a look at images of Detroit, now a miserable city...

Image: A vacant and blighted home, covered with red spray paint, sits alone in an east side neighborhood once full of homes in Detroit, Michigan.Photographs: Rebecca Cook/Reuters.

Detroit turns into a miserable city

A car is seen next a memorial in Detroit, Michigan. The city is a part of America's Midwestern "Rust Belt", the heartland of the country and home to big unionized manufacturers like the auto and steel industries.

Detroit turns into a miserable city

Detroit turns into a miserable city

An occupied home and an abandoned apartment building sit on either side of a vacant lot listed on the auction block during the Wayne County tax foreclosures properties auction of almost 9,000 properties in Detroit, Michigan.

Detroit turns into a miserable city

A 21-story outdoor poster for Mercedes-Benz is seen on the side of the vacant former Hotel Pontchartrain across from Cobo Center during press preview days of the North American International Auto show in Detroit, Michigan.